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From 06/13/1997 at Pendernal, NM. Was there ever a finer paint scheme than the Santa Fe's Warbonnet? [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

:o I've done this sort of thing too when the wait for a train becomes too much to endure, shooting birds, bugs, weeds and whatever else might help pass the time. Seaboard Coast Line lock, 11/15/1992 Southern Pines, NC [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

From the mid-1970s at Rondout, IL, a Milwaukee Road caboose. These were painted orange, so another shot I wish I had on Kodachrome! Oh well. Note the special trucks to give the crew a better ride. [Nikkormat FTn, 50mm Nikkor]

From 05/14/1976, a westbound at Barrington, IL. GP-35 833 was bought new by the C&NW in the spring of '64. [Nikkormat FTn, 50mm Nikkor]

Two notable and beautifully restored diesels on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg. The first is an EMD E-7 and the other an EMD GP-30.

It's been a long time since I visited Martinsburg, WV and the simple location I once knew has been developed with metered parking, an expanded station, fences, shrubbery and other impediments to frustrate photography. On Wednesday 09/21, I took this picture of the arriving Capitol Limited...

Chicago & North Western eastbound local at Barrington, IL, mid-1970s. The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern's tower is in the distance to the left. Dig that jointed double-track mainline rail. Continuous welded rail became an industry-wide standard shortly afterwards. [Nikkormat FT-n]

From 10/30/1977 at Knoxville, TN, Southern Railway's 2-8-2 No. 4501 arrives with a fantrip. The 4501 was Southern's first steam fantrip locomotive and achieved great notoriety in that role. As interest in steam trips grew and the trains got longer, the 4501 was displaced by larger steam...

From 07/20/1976, a New York City bound Metroliner clears Princeton Jct, NJ on Track 1. Partially hidden behind the train is NASSAU Tower and the short 2.7 Mile branch to Princeton is at the left, affectionately known as the Princeton Junction & Back. :D [Nikkormat FTn, Plus-X]

From July 1977 at Red Bank, NJ, workers tend to some track maintenance at BANK Tower. In the foreground is the once storied route of the fast and luxurious Blue Comet train to Atlantic City. The tower is gone today and all has very much changed here in the last 45 years. [Nikkormat FTn, Plus-X]

From about 1976, a Chicago-bound "scoot" approaches the crossing of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rwy. at Barrington, IL. That's Barrington Tower to the right. The tracks remain today, as does the commuter service, but the locomotive, passenger cars and tower are long gone from the scene...

I like that the add lists features such as a heater, sun visors, safety glass and turn signals. Wow, it's loaded! Reminds me of Chicago TV ads for Bert Weinman Ford featuring Linn Burton when I was a kid. Check out that suit. ;)

This afternoon's NS 15R at Ridgeway, SC with Uncle Pete (Union Pacific) in charge. I lost my sunlight just before train time. This is a difficult location to shoot because this train usually runs later in the day and the sun is then positioned in a horrible spot. 15R ran early today, so all was...

This afternoon's train 18D arriving with a horn blast and an alarmed bird in flight exiting stage right. :eek:

When I move in close to the damage above the windows, it looks like Bondo or maybe Paint Over Rust paint. I wonder if stone chips and the like have allowed rainwater to seep in and rust away the metal beneath. The window frames are a mess on many of these units as well. Lots of black caulk...

The northbound Silver Star running 6-1/2 hours late in this morning's overcast at Pontiac, SC. Lead GE P42DC #14 is 26 years old and looking pretty ratty.

Kodachrome was great stuff of course and enjoys a well-earned reputation for retaining an almost eternal image quality. Kodachrome required a complex processing and unfortunately I learned too late that Fotomat was NOT the place for processing. As a poor college student and penniless new...

Men at work, 10/26/1990 at Linden, IN [Nikon N2020, Kodachrome]

This afternoon's 15R (Linwood, NC => Columbia, SC) at Blythewood, SC. The influx of UP power continues, with an SD-70AH lending a hand. After several tries, I finally got a sunlit picture here.

I'm grateful to a friend from long ago who got me interested in photographing freight cars. The pox of graffiti was unknown, 40 FT cars could be found and roadnames long since lost were to be seen in many places. I wish I'd have taken more day trips and weekend trips to hunt trains when I was...